NHL, Union Reach Tentative Agreement To End Lockout
Hockey is back, and it took nearly four months and one long night to get the game back on the ice.
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Hockey is back, and it took nearly four months and one long night to get the game back on the ice.
Sometimes there are listeners that like to help out with the Toucher and Rich with some original content. One such listener is Mike "Behind The Mic" Callahan. Mike has a brand new song about the frustrating NHL lockout.
A federal mediator rejoined negotiations between the NHL and the players' association that stretched into the early hours of Thursday morning but still haven't produced a deal to get hockey back on the ice.
The NHL and the players' association are back on speaking terms, are trading ideas, and already have plans to get back together after the first day of face-to-face meetings in nearly three weeks.
While nothing concrete was announced Sunday, the players' association indicated that the plan was for talks with the NHL to restart Monday in the final hours of 2012.
With time running out for the NHL, there is reportedly some movement towards ending the lockout that has cost the league over half the season.
Dave Goucher & Dan Roche were filling in for Gresh & Zo on Thursday and opened up the show talking about all the Boston sports and the negativity that comes from the fans.
Dave Goucher and Sean McAdam debate who had the worst year in Boston sports for 2012.
Union members voted this week to give the players' association's executive board the power to file a "disclaimer of interest" until Jan. 2.
The NHL cancelled regular season games through January 14 on Thursday, bringing the total number of games canceled due to the current lockout up to 625.
Gresh and Zo opened the show discussing the best and worst stories from the year in Boston Sports.
How badly has the NHL damaged its relationship with fans? According to one study, the damage is "alarming."
The players' association and league negotiators met separately Wednesday with federal mediators in suburban New Jersey, holding discussions that didn't appear to have moved the sides any closer to a deal to save the hockey season.
Not even the NHL Lockout can keep Rene Rancourt's vocal chords silent.
Because of the NHL lockout, Zdeno Chara may never get an invite to Miroslav Satan's birthday again.
